Kirkuk fields begin to re-start
NOC is taking initial steps to bring some production at Bai Hassan and Avana Dome back online, increasing crude flows to refineries in Kurdistan.
Iraqi security forces at the Bai Hassan oil field on Oct. 19, 2017. (STAFF/Iraq Oil Report)
KIRKUK - The Bai Hassan oil field and the Avana Dome of the Kirkuk field have started initial runs of production, five months after they were shut in following a federal military operation to regain control of Kirkuk.
The state-run North Oil Company (NOC) has also increased the amount of crude it is sending to refineries in the autonomous Kurdistan region - a sign that Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) are making some attempts to resolve a political impasse that has effectively stranded almost 300,000 barrels per day (bpd) of production.
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